CFPB attorney
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Anonymous
| I have recently applied to an attorney position at the CFPB. I am wondering how difficult it is to get a job here and how competitive it is compared to other government attorney positions such as at DOJ, which is very competitive in my futile experience. |
Anonymous
| The revolving door at CFPB spins incredibly fast. |
Anonymous
This. You can probably get a job there, but I'd put money on you leaving within a year. I have heard from many former colleagues that it is a miserable office culture. |
Anonymous
Interesting, how so? I was considering a position there as well. |
Anonymous
| I work there as an Enforcement attorney. There are definitely downsides, mostly the space situation. But the attorneys there are among the finest I have ever had the pleasure to know, and I'm pretty old. Everyone is smart and for the most part fun. The work is great and interesting. Some have left, but not that many at all, at least from Enforcement. |
Anonymous
What does 'space situation' mean? You share offices? |
Anonymous
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What's the space problem?
Do they allow telecommuting to ameliorate that? |
Anonymous
| 23:20 here - it is hard to get a job in CFPB Enforcement. |
Anonymous
| If you are lucky you share offices. Most people are in cubes. Telecommuting is permitted, though no more than once per week. It sucks, but the rest makes up for it. Cordray is really pushing for an open space plan against offices. |
Anonymous
| In this thread: government employees bitching about having to sit a cube? Que horror!!! |
Anonymous
Why is that? Is it low turnover and many people interested? Tough selection process? I very much want to get into CFPB enforcement group (and have good credentials i think) but there are never any job job postings. |
Anonymous
| OP here. For those who work at CFPB or are familiar with their hiring process, how long does it usually take to hear back re: interviews or the eventual decision? In my experience, other gov jobs take forever and sometimes don't even update if you are not selected. Does CFPB move faster? And does it help if you know someone? Despite the pitfalls and gripes, I am truly interested. |
Anonymous
| I think the cubes are a problem because of the necessity for teleconferences and phone calls in general. Even in govt it is very unusual for experienced attorneys to be in cubes. |
Anonymous
A former law school classmate works there - while she doesn't love the job, she's not miserable either. |
Anonymous
I am CFPB attorney, though not in Enforcement. In my experience, it's much faster to get a job here than in other federal agencies because CFPB is still "staffing up" and thus the process goes more quickly (don't have to wait for someone to leave to have position open). I came at a particularly busy time, so the whole process from first interview to start date was about 2 months, which I think is very fast for federal lawyer job. It is difficult to get a job here in the sense that people are very well-credentialed (I came from big law and most people have big law resumes, e.g., Ivies or top of their class from very good law schools) but easier to get a job here in the sense that there is less bureaucracy than typical agency and less focus on you having some very particular narrow experience. |